Democracy and the State: Welfare, Secularism and Development in Contemporary IndiaThis study examines the relationship between state, society and democracy in India over the last decade of the 20th century, by exploring how the Indian state has fared vis-a-vis its three major goals in independent India: welfare, secularism and development. In exploring some aspects of the discursive terrain of Indian politics, the book provides a narrative which bridges the gap between political theory and empirical political analysis. |
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... social arrangement within the frame- work of which these values may be realized , and as the source of legitimate ... social conditions and political concepts , explicating the widely shared beliefs that are implicit in a given social ...
... social arrangement within the frame- work of which these values may be realized , and as the source of legitimate ... social conditions and political concepts , explicating the widely shared beliefs that are implicit in a given social ...
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... social relations , and ( ii ) the logic of democracy itself . Inequitous social relations may derive not only from economic inequalities , but also inequalities based in , for instance , gender or caste . The concentration of social ...
... social relations , and ( ii ) the logic of democracy itself . Inequitous social relations may derive not only from economic inequalities , but also inequalities based in , for instance , gender or caste . The concentration of social ...
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... social structure , and the structure of power . Along all these axes - the class hierarchy , the hierarchy of social stratification or the relationship of domination and obedience between state and citizen - these groups belong to the ...
... social structure , and the structure of power . Along all these axes - the class hierarchy , the hierarchy of social stratification or the relationship of domination and obedience between state and citizen - these groups belong to the ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
and Democracy for India | 9 |
The Welfare State | 31 |
Copyright | |
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agricultural areas argued argument Bank Bill Castes cent Central citizens civil claims Commission Committee conception concerned Congress Constitution continued cultural deaths debate demands democracy democratic discourse displaced district drought economic effective elections equal expressed fact famine force further groups Gujarat hand High hunger identity important Independent India institutions interests irrigation issue judgement justice Kalahandi labour land legislation less Madhya Pradesh maintenance major March ment Minister minority movement Muslim Narmada Narmada Valley nature official opposition organizations Orissa party personal law Planning political population position possible Prime problem programmes protest question region relation relief religious remained Report representative resettlement response Review role Sabha Shah Bano social society starvation structure suggests Supreme Court tribal villages welfare women World